AI datacenter boom triples US gas power builds, widening carbon footprint

Theregister | 30-01-2026 06:41am |

Reduce emissions? Screw that - we have money to lose and memes to generate Fossil fuel-fired power plant development is roaring back to life in the US thanks to the AI datacenter boom, with data from 2025 suggesting we're reaching the point where the renewable energy transition - and efforts to ease carbon emissions - may well be doomed....

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